July 26 Philadelphia Daily News “IT IS SHAPING UP to be an interesting week at Citizens Bank Park, both for the home team as a whole and for a couple of players whose names have been involved in trade speculation during the previous month. After 4 p.m. on Saturday, teams are not allowed to trade [More…]

July 26 MLB.com “The Houston Astros have scouted J.A. Happ’s latest starts, which indicates he would be packaged in a deal for Oswalt. There have been numerous reports the Phillies would have to trade Jayson Werth to clear salary and gain prospects for Oswalt. MLB.com has heard that is not the case. While the Phillies [More…]

July 26 Philadelphia Daily News “EVEN THOUGH THE storm clouds that hovered for the majority of the afternoon waited until the end of the sixth inning to erupt, the Phillies still hadn’t left much of a clue about their intentions when the inevitable rain delay interrupted the proceedings. That changed shortly after the hour-and-a-half interlude. [More…]

July 26 Philadelphia Daily News “Eagles rookies are scheduled to report to Lehigh this afternoon. Indications yesterday, from a source close to the situation, are that second-round safety Nate Allen might be signed by then. First-round defensive end Brandon Graham probably will not be, a source said. As you would expect, there have been more [More…]

July 26 Philadelphia Daily News columnist Winston Justice “I cannot believe the season is already upon us. The offseason went by extremely fast. It seems like we just left Dallas. I am grateful for the many opportunities I had the past few months. I had a wonderful chance to serve in Haiti at the Mission of [More…]

July 26 Philadelphia Inquirer “The Eagles have changed. Since the end of the 2008 season, the team has parted ways with the building blocks that took it to regular playoff appearances and one Super Bowl. In their place is a team that is young and light on experience, but, according to several players, also closer, [More…]

July 26 Philadelphia Inquirer “The NFL has completed its investigation into the shooting at Michael Vick’s birthday party last month in Virginia Beach and he has been cleared to play, a league spokesman told the Daily News today. In an email, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said, “there is no change in his playing status.” The [More…]

July 26 Camden Courier-Post “Competition for the Eagles’ tight end position is, well, tight. Brent Celek sits comfortably at the top of the depth chart. No problems there. No. 2 appears to be Clayton Harbor, the team’s fourth-round pick out of Missouri State. The third and final spot is up for grabs. It might be [More…]